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Let's look back at the week that was in Microsoft news. Here were the top stories:

Microsoft warns of IE bug used in Chinese attacks on Google: While investigating the recent attacks disclosed by Google earlier this week, Microsoft has concluded that Internet Explorer was used as an attack vector. As a result, the software giant has issued a security advisory for the vulnerability.

Crufty old apps force IE, Firefox into uneasy coexistence: IE still has over 80 percent share of the enterprise desktop, but coexists with Firefox and Chrome on a significant number of those machines. As legacy IE6-centric apps continue to live on at many companies, the outlook for Firefox and other browsers in the enterprise is uncertain.

Office pulled from Microsoft Store, MSDN, TechNet: Microsoft has not been able to modify some SKUs and versions of Microsoft Office in time for today's deadline to remove custom XML from them. As a result, the company pulled those versions from its online store and from download sites for its subscribers.

Windows, Office rentals now OK with Microsoft: Redmond has introduced new Microsoft Rental Rights Licensing with the goal of offsetting piracy at places that rent, lease, or outsource desktop PCs to third parties with Windows and/or Office.